I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This was a series that ran something less than two full seasons. I'm not sure all the episodes listed actually ran.It had an unusually large and diversified cast, headed by Academy Award winning actor Alan Arkin and the magnificent LaTanya Richardson as diametrically opposed, both judicially and politically, but sill close, New York City judges.It seems to me producer Lumet sought to bring back some of the quality that occasionally surfaced in the early days of live TV drama. I think he succeeded brilliantly. While the series slightly lost focus in its' second season, due mainly to cast defections and resulting plot line changes, it was, IMHO, head and shoulders above most of what passes for dramatic TV these days.It is always a joy to see artists the likes of Arkin, Richardson, et al, applying their craft in an obviously friendly environment.So far as I know, this two season series is not available on DVD. It should be.

I miss this show. Every episode was like a feature film. Real quality work. It was treated poorly by the network that aired it. Word of mouth can go only so far. It should've been advertised more. Alan Arkin was so perfect in his role . I have added this to my journal of "The Graveyard of Great Shows"

Wow, I was shocked to read some of the negative comments about this show.Something I have always hated about "Hollywood" is that any project is much more salable if it closes on an upbeat or has a "lived happily ever after" ending. Being real isn't always part of the criteria, substance much less important than if it looks good and is well polished.Unfortunately, I have experienced first hand the very popular belief about a shows potential and it's success being not based on it's subject, content and the real often twisted nuances of life. Rather it seems to have more emphasis on whether or not that it is slick, highly promoted and has a good score, if it does then it must be good, it must be okay... (Now don't get me wrong, while I do have a special appreciation for the Mike Post's and Pete Carpenter's of the business, I find their contributions to be an added bonus to the production but not a critical must.)And I just wanted to say that it's not all good, it's not always okay...I think the point that Mr. Lumet is trying to make is that life sometimes is tedious, stereotypical and tarnished. Often the bottom line, end of story and/or real deal in life is that it doesn't always have a happy ending.It accurately illustrates that sometimes more often than not, life is just not fair or even good and the outcome in general really does suck.Honestly tells us a story about the human condition - the gist being you get sick, you get old and you die, and with this you make the best of it otherwise you don't.100 Centre Street does just that and it is what I love about the show the most, it's simple approach to complicated issues, people and scenarios that are sometimes raw, sensitive and rude. Just puts it out there, like it or not, without all the extra bullsh... This I understand and appreciate very much... I do because I have lived it and know it all too well...THE ENDin love & light, shellPS - Mr Lumet, if you read this, boy have I got a story for you... LOL

The commercial says: "After some nights, it gets to you".. yeah right..It didn't get to me and I am not watching it again. Can't believe A and E renewed this crap. It should not be allowed outside of the likes of the USA Network.This show eats dirt when compared to Law and Order. Where Law and Order is a tightly-written and expertly-edited show, this show is an unrealistic softcore soap opera that is filled with stereotypes and formulaic trivialties. Heck..it is even apparent in the theme music: Law and Order has the guitar-driven funky and energetic score and this one has the whiny trumpets and sax (Yuck).Just because they throw in a couple of court scenes with some legalistic dialogue doesn't make it a good serious show.So what if Sidney Lumet was behind it. Am I supposed to kneel down and like it anyway? Bah..I can just FEEL the inferiority complexes of the writers and the director from the way they do the characters. Alan Arkin trying to be the worldly "been there and done that" OLD judge, the nice BLACK woman with good advice for everybody, the main female character who is RICH girl falling in love with a lower class ITALIAN guy.Then there are the supporting hispanic characters who in one scene are SERIOUS lawyers but in the next scene become drug snorting sex-loving office SLUTS. (They obviously did this to provide the titillating sexual action without having to make the main characters be the "bad boy or bad girl".) Then there is the guy who is totally career-focussed but can still manage to be a sexual stud with a feminine side. Gosh I could go on and on..Nothing original. The plot is slow-moving, inconsistent and dull. The episodes meander all over the map without any continuity in character or story. They wasted like 10 minutes in one episode showing a bedroom scene. The gratuitous swearing is only added so that the bored audience will sit up and take notice. Gritty.. my a$$.The bottomline is that after watching this show, I don't come away feeling satisfied and happy. I also do not find the characters and story believable from my point of view. So, this show failed for me.Too bad.. back to the reruns of Law and Order...